A joint investigation by police and the Department of Human Services confirmed the pair's relationship to each other. The blood relatives married in Comanche County, after filing their license application in March 2016.

Investigators told KFOR that 43-year-old Patricia Spann lost custody of Misty, 26, and two other children when they were young. They were then adopted by their grandmother.

Patricia Spann insisted to investigators she didn’t have contact with her kids until a few years ago. However, court records show she also married her biological son in Comanche County back in 2008, but the partnership was annulled in 2010.